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New deal moves YES! Project forward
Developer behind new £350m scheme secures agreement with Sheffield Steelers
By Pete Hayman
Oak Holdings, the developer behind a major multi-million pound leisure scheme in South Yorkshire, has secured a pre-let agreement with the Sheffield Steelers ice hockey team. The company has agreed
heads of terms with the team for a new multi-purpose sports facility as part of the wider 327- acre (132-hectare) development near Rotherham. Plans for the new sports
facility will comprise the first phase of the YES! project, with a temporary ice rink managed through a new joint venture between the Sheffield Steelers and Oak Holdings while the permanent stadium is built. An application to extend planning permission has also
Gateshead pool set for overhaul
Gateshead's Dunston Swimming Pool has closed its doors to the public in order to undergo a major refurbishment as part of a wider scheme to improve local leisure facilities. The complex is set to
benefit from a 230sq m (2,476sq ft) gym and two new fitness studios, as well as an upgraded swimming pool, poolside sauna and steamrooms and new sports and pool changing areas. Due for completion later
this year, the Dunston Swimming Pool scheme forms part of Gateshead Council's £29m Building an Active Future programme to overhaul leisure facilities over the next three years.
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The historic cricket ground is set to undergo a major renovation
By Pete Hayman
Plans for a major multi-million pound revamp of Old Trafford cricket stadium in Manchester have been given the green light by Trafford Council. Government Office North
West will now decide whether to approve the project put forward by the Old Trafford Partnership – comprising Ask Developments, Lancashire County Cricket Club and Tesco.
Plans for the transformation
of a 50-acre (20.2-hectare) site include the redevelopment of the cricket ground in order to meet the England and Wales Cricket Board criteria for hosting international matches. Construction company
Morgan Ashurst has already started work on the first stage of the stadium project, which includes a new £12m confer- ence and events suite – The Point – due to open in July.
IN BRIEF
£2m funding package for Scottish golf
The Scottish Government has
The £350m development will house a number of leisure activities
been submitted to the local authority, while talks have got underway with hotel groups over future pre-lettings. According to Oak Holdings
chief executive officer Steve Lewis, a "whole raft of circumstances" had prevented the group moving forward with
the scheme, although it is now hoped work can start soon. The £350m scheme is also set
to include a hotel, convention centre and spa, restaurants and extreme sports. Rother Valley Country Park – acquired by Oak Holdings in 2009 – will be incorporated into the project.
Old Trafford proposals approved
made more than £2m available as part of an investment package aimed at golfers of all abilities. sportscotland will invest £1m over the next five years to help support the country's most talented players attempting to make the transition to tour professional standard. More than £1m has been awarded to the Scottish Golf Union and Scottish Ladies Golfing Association to help support the strategic development of the sport, and the Academy programme.
Council approves £7.5m Wolverton pool plans
Plans for a £7.5m swimming pool on the site of an existing facility in Wolverton, Milton Keynes, have received the green light from councillors. Milton Keynes Council's cabinet backed recommendations to add the Wolverton Community Pool development to its capital programme in July 2010 once funding and detailed designs have been confirmed. A feasibility report drawn up by Archial Architects outlined three potential options, with an £8m complex at Stratford Road and a £7.27m plan to cover and upgrade an existing outdoor pool in the town also considered.
New look for historic Edinburgh boxing club
One of Scotland's oldest amateur boxing clubs has undergone a £250,000 facelift as part of a wider scheme funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and Heritage Scotland. Leith Victoria AAC Boxing Club – owned by the City of Edinburgh Council – has benefited from funding as part of the £9m Leith Townscape Heritage Initiative as the second priority building in the area to be refurbished.
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